Engraving by W.m. Craig: Part of the Natural History of Africa
About this piece
Large grey animal waits under a leaning tree while something watches from the branches.
This engraving is from England, United Kingdom, and dates to the 19th century. It is ink on paper. The Finden brothers engraved biblical scenes after J.M.W. Turner for the 1836 book Landscape Illustrations of the Bible, and Turner relied on sketches by artists who had visited the Holy Lands. Standing in deep shade beside a slanted trunk is a big-eared, tusked beast, with a second animal half hidden at right. A small creature perches high in the leaves and a bird flies past. The caption runs in fine script below. It is 7.5 inches wide and 10.25 high.
Everyone in this picture is pretending not to notice everyone else.




